Tag: Rate Cases
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Con Edison Heat Pump Customers Missing Out on $131 Million in Bill Savings
Advocates call for smarter electricity pricing and targeted customer education to support electrification and affordability CONTACT: Charlie Heller, charlie@agreeny.org, 609-933-6774 NEW YORK, NY – July 9, 2025 – A coalition of leading advocacy groups—Rewiring America, Environmental Defense Fund, and Alliance for a Green Economy—recently unveiled a proposal to improve energy affordability and access for Con…
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Regulators Approve ANOTHER Rate Hike for National Fuel As Company Attempts to Block Bill To Lower Energy Costs
Governor Hochul promises to prioritize affordability — but turns blind eye to utility companies price-gouging NYers and charging more for the same heat NY HEAT Act would limit continued rate increases pushed by National Fuel and other utilities across NYS — which is why they’re spending so much to block the bill BUFFALO, NY —…
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AGREE Statement on National Grid Rate Case
APRIL 10th – In response to the deal announced between National Grid, New York State energy regulators, New York City and others to raise energy bills for downstate National Grid customers, Jessica Azulay, Director of Alliance for a Green Economy, said: The new National Grid rate hike proposal demonstrates why it is so important for…
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NYSEG and RG&E Slammed for Billing Problems, Significant Deficiencies in Rate Hike Proposal
Advocates file motion to dismiss utilities’ request for huge gas and electric rate hikes and call on Governor Hochul to help protect consumers (ALBANY, NY) – Today, consumer and environmental advocacy organizations filed a motion with the Public Service Commission seeking dismissal of the NYSEG (22-E-0317/22-G-0318) and RG&E (22-E-0319/22-G-0320) rate case filings. The advocates assert…
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Elected Officials Oppose Upstate National Grid Rate Hike and Fossil Fuel Infrastructure Funding
The officials asserted that the proposed gas infrastructure is an imprudent use of ratepayer money because it would force customers to pay millions for assets that will inevitably become stranded.
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Environmental and Consumer Advocates Win Fossil Fuel Reductions, Language Access Improvements, and Rate Hike Cutbacks from Central Hudson Utility
The negotiations began after the utility asked the Public Service Commission (PSC), the state agency that regulates the utilities, for a rate increase.
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National Grid’s Rate Hike Proposal Rejected by Environmentalists, Consumer Groups
Expert testimony demonstrated that National Grid’s rate hike and many of its planned investments are not in the public interest, and that the utility’s plans fall far short of what is needed to meet state mandated climate goals.
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Environmental groups earn unprecedented climate concessions in NYSEG/RG&E gas rate case
After winning these concessions in the gas case, environmental groups joined with consumer advocates to fight the proposal to raise electric rates by double digit percentages.
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Despite opposition, NYS Public Service Commission approves National Grid rate hike
The much-touted energy affordability program included in the rate case will bring important relief to thousands of National Grid customers who live in low-income households.
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Press Release: National Grid Rate Hike Approved
The decision by the PSC yesterday will not only intensify the energy affordability crisis in Upstate NY, but it appears at odds with a major regulatory reform initiative underway in New York since 2014, Reforming the Energy Vision (REV).